All posts tagged "Libya"

News about an increasing Russian interest in Cyrenaica is growing stronger by the day. According to a Russian expert writing for the prominent Middle East analysis website Al-Monitor, representatives of PM Sarraj referred to satellite data provided...

Françafrique’s days look numbered, as Paris is finally confronting the limits of its recent re-engagement in both Maghreb and Sahel. President Macron seems ready to give up the legacy of his predecessors: the reckless Libyan policy inaugurated...

While the UN envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé is working hard to amend the 2015 Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) with the overall aim of preserving Libya as a united country, foreign interventions often keep spoiling such efforts,...

As the migrants’ flows from Libya are dramatically decreasing, European governments are acknowledging the role played by Italy in curbing the phenomenon thanks to its deep knowledge of the North Africa country. Rome’s success was publicly lauded...

Russia might not be alone anymore in throwing its weight behind General Haftar and the authorities of Eastern Libya in their struggle to secure control of the entire country. A paper published in March by the Conservative...

In the last few weeks, Italy has emerged as a pragmatic actor on the Libyan scene, fostering a fresh approach to positively involving Russia to overcome the current political crisis in the Northern Africa country. Moscow is...

With the takeover of Ganfouda – the last neighbourhood in Benghazi still held by the Islamist militias of the local Shura Council of Revolutionaries – Khalifa Haftar strengthened his hand as Cyrenaica’s military leader and Libya’s political...

As internal tensions continue to rise in Libya, the government led by Abdullah al-Thanni and supported by General Haftar’s Libyan National Army in the East of the country is facing a dire health situation. Eastern Libya once-efficient...

The UN deal reached in December 2015 creating a unity government in Libya and imposing a cease-fire among the factions fighting since the death of former leader Muammar Gaddafi was profoundly challenged in the last days, putting into risk all...

Growing tensions with Russia have created a rift between the EU and what has traditionally been its most important energy suppliers. After Russia’s annexation of Crimea, its ongoing shadow war in eastern Ukraine, and its military brinkmanship...